The stigmatized image of the "crack head": A sociocultural exploration of a barrier to cocaine smoking among a cohort of youth in New York City

Deviant Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 153-181

  Furst, R Terry ^a   Johnson, Bruce D ^a   Dunlap, Eloise ^a   Curtis, Richard ^b  

^a NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^b JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

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EID: 0033424812     PISSN: 01639625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/016396299266542     Document Type: Article

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